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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event is celebrated in March?
(a) Thomas' wedding.
(b) The New Year.
(c) Catherine's engagement.
(d) Catherine's father's birthday.

2. Who is nearby during the labor?
(a) A fortune teller.
(b) A midwife.
(c) Catherine's aunt.
(d) A priest.

3. What is the Crossbridge Miracle?
(a) A man woke up with the supposed ability to speak fluent Hebrew.
(b) A formerly paralyzed man crossed a thirty-feet bridge on foot.
(c) An impressive result in a crossbow tournament.
(d) A mother gave birth to eighteen children within five years.

4. Why is a Spanish physician called to the manor in June?
(a) Catherine has been suffering from headaches.
(b) Catherine's brother is throwing up repeatedly.
(c) Catherine's mother is finding it difficult to breathe.
(d) Catherine's father has a toothache.

5. What does Catherine talk to her mother about in July?
(a) The weather.
(b) The nature of marriage.
(c) Traveling to other parts of the world.
(d) Her father's strict rules.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catherine do to Agnes in March?

2. How does Catherine feel about her soon-to-be-husband?

3. How does Catherine's mother feel after giving birth?

4. What negotiations take place during Easter?

5. What does Catherine want to practice with Perkin in May?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Holy Week? How do the characters prepare for Holy Week?

2. What does Catherine feel when she visits Meg in July? Why does she feel this way?

3. What does Catherine learn when she returns home with George in September? How does she feel about this news?

4. Who is Geoffrey? What does Catherine think of Geoffrey?

5. How does Catherine prepare for her impending marriage to Shaggy Beard?

6. Describe Aunt Ethelfritha.

7. What does Shaggy Beard have to do with Catherine's purchase of the bear at the fair in August?

8. What do monks find in Rome? What does the church do with the monks' findings?

9. What does Catherine note of her impending marriage to Shaggy Beard in July?

10. What does Catherine talk to Aunt Ethelfritha about when she runs away in September?

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